{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-call-out-and-recall-financial-assistance-regulations-1997/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-call-out-and-recall-financial-assistance-regulations-1997/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/309",
  "legislation_title": "The Reserve Forces (Call-out and Recall) (Financial Assistance) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-call-out-and-recall-financial-assistance-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Time limits for making claims",
  "text": "(1) A claim under these Regulations may not be made before—\n(a) the date of service or deemed service on a reservist of a call-out notice under Part IV or V of the 1996 Act, a call-out or recall notice or any other notice pursuant to which the reservist may be required to perform relevant service; or\n(b) if there is no such notice, the relevant date.\n(2) A claim for an award other than a retraining award may not be made more than 4 weeks after the relevant date.\n(3) A claim for a retraining award may not be made more than 8 weeks after the date on which the reservist resumes work with the employer.\n(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) above, a claim for a reservist’s hardship award or an employer’s hardship award may be made no later than 8 weeks after the relevant date provided that the claimant has given notice to the adjudication officer no later than 4 weeks after the relevant date of his intention to make such a claim.\n(5) For the purposes of this regulation a claim is deemed to have been made on the day when it is received by the adjudication officer.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/309/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:25:49.428193+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}